faulknerian 

When your family is country, raw, tragic, and cold like characters in a William Faulkner novel. Any time you feel like you might feel like you are in Faulkner novel. Hence, Faulknerian. Southern Gothic.

Dude I visited my family in Kansas and that shit was Faulknerian.

faulknerian by christinaisanotherwordformeh May 11, 2023

Faulknerize 

The process of going from a calm state of being to an out of control lunatic via a carefully tread 6-step process that moves from calm to agitated into masked anger, then irritability on to retaliatory, followed by irrational and concluding with explosive

Did you see Claire Faulknerize Sam earlier today? They could hear her three floors down. Man Claire moved through the six steps like a border collie in a weave pole contest.

Faulknerize by Furry Trout March 18, 2010

Faulknerism 

Faulknerism, derived from Faulkner, is the idea of altering one’s public image to be mysterious and incomprehensible to those who surround the individual. Typically utilised and executed by members of the human race with high IQ.

“You see him?”
“Yeah, I don’t know much about him, he seems quite mysterious.”
“He’s a true master of Faulknerism”

Faulknerism by Addonis January 21, 2023